Valve.



N. B. GREIGHTON.

VALVE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

A TTORNEYS NELSON B. 'CBEIGHTON, 03' NEW YORK, N. Y.

VALVE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar; 9, 3915.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON B. CREIGH- TON, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New Yorln Elmhurst, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Valve, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description. 4

The invention relates to valves, such as shown and described in the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 809,262, filed by me on December 29, 1913.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved valve which is normally held in open position for the passage of gas, liquid or other fluid and is arranged to permit closing from a distant point and to close automatically in case of a fire with the view to stop the flow of fluid through the valve. In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of an actuating device for a spring-pressed valve disk to normally hold the latter in open position, the said device having an arm controlling the valve disk and adapted to engage a pivoted retaining hook, and a manually controlled lever adapted to engage the pivoted retaining hook, and to move the said hook out of engagement with the said arm to release the valve disk.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of tlris specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

' Figure l is aside elevation of the valve with the valve disk in normal position; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same with the parts in partly releasing position; Fig. 3 is a similar e '-of the same With t Parts in fun leased position and the valve disk closed; Fig. 4 is an inverted sectional plan view of the valve on the line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of the rock shaft, the arm secured thereon and the lever mounted to rock loosely on the. said shaft, the section being on the line 55 ofFig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the arm on the rock shaft for engagement with the re leasing hook; and Fig. 7 is a cross section of part of the valve-operating mechanism.

The valve body A of the valve is provided with an inlet B and and outlet C connected with the pipes D and E respectively, and

intermediate the said inlet B and the said outlet G is arranged a valve seat F on which s adapted to be seated a valve disk G havng a stem G mounted to slide at one end in a cap H screwing on one side of the valve body A, as plainly shown in Fig. 4:. A spring I is employed on the valve stem G and rests with one end on the cap H while the other end presses against one side of the valve disk G to move the latter onto the seat 'li whenever a force against the valve disk is released, as hereinafter more fully explained. The other end G of the valve stem G extends into a chamber J formed on the valve body A, and into the said chamber J extends a. rock shaft K provided with a fork K adapted to engage the reduced end G of the valve stem G to press the latter outward and likewise the valve disk G to hold the latter normally off its seat, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. ,One end of the chamber J is closed by a screw plugL and the other end is closed by a screw plug N adapted to be interchanged with the screw plug L so as to permit the use of the plugs L and N on either side of the chamber J. The screw plug L is provided with a hearing L for the inner end of the rock shaft K, and the screw plug N is provided with a stufiing box N in which is journaled the other outer end of the rock shaft K. The rock shaft K is provided near its outer end with a polygonal portion K (see Fig. 5) onto which fits the correspondingly shaped bore 0 in the cup'() of an arm 0 adapted to-engage with its free end the head P of a hook P fulcrumed on a pivot Q held on a bracket Q attached to the valve body A. The hook P is made in two sections P P connected with each other by solder P fusible at a temperature higher than ordinary temperature, the section P being mounted to swing on the pivot Q while the section P is provided with head P engaged by the arm 0. It will be seen that when the valve is heated by a fire that breaks out in the building or from any other cause then thesolder P melts. The retaining hook section P becomes detached from the section P thus releasing the hook O to allow the valve disk G to move to its seat F by the action of its spring I with a view to automatically close the valve.

The hook P is adapted to be engaged at the side toward the arm 0 by an arm R of a lever fulcrumed loosely on the hub Of of the arm '0, as plainly indicated in Fig. 5. To the outer end B of the lever B is secured one end of a cable, rope or other connection S extending to a distant place to permit the operator at said distant place to nnpart a swinging motion to the lever R with a view to cause the end R to swing the hook P out of engagement with the arm 0 thus releasing the latter to allow the valve G to move to its seat by the action of the spring I with a viewto close the valve. The arm R overlies the arm 0 so that in case the spring I should be broken and'a pull is exerted then the arm R first disengages the hook P from the arm 0 and then the arm R engages the arm 0 and swings the same around in the direction of the arrow a' (see Fig. 2) to rock the shaft Kv with a view to draw the valve G to its seat' F to close the valve. The lever B is further provided with a lug R adapted to engage the under side of the arm 0 with a view to swing the arm 0 upward into engagementnoticed that the contacting faces 0 and P of the arm 0 and the hook P are undercut to prevent accidental disengagement of th'e' hook P, and arm 0, at the same time,

'however, allowing of swinging thehook P out of engagement with the arm 0 when actuating .the lever B from a distantpoinhas above explained.

It is understood that when the several parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1

and 4, the spring I is pressedand the valve disk G is held open by the .action of the fork K on the rock shaft K locked in place by the arm 0 engaging the retaining hook P. Now when the hook P is subjected to heat and the solder I melts then the section P becomes disconnected from the section P 'and consequently the arm 0 is released to allow this spring I to move the valve disk G to its seat F thus closing the valve. A

the arm 0 by the action of the lever It.

Havin thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A valve comprising a valve body having an inlet, an outlet and a' valve seat intermediate the inlet and outlet, a spring:

pressed valve disk adapted to be seated on the said seat, means including an arm for holding'the valve disk normally 'ofl its seat,

a movable retaining hook made in sections 7 connected with each other by fusible solder to v lioldthe sections together I under ordinary temperature but disconnecting the sections at a high temperature, the said hook norlatter and allow the valve disk to move to its seat and close the valve.

2. A valve,'comprising a valve body having an inlet, an outlet and a valveseat intermediate the inlet and outlet,- a springpressed valve disk adapted to be seated on the said seat, meansincluding an arm for holding the valve disk normally off its seat, a movable retaining hook made in sections connected with each other by fusible solder to hold the sections together under ordinary temperature but disconnecting the sections at a high temperature, the said hook being pivoted and being engaged by the said arm to hold the valve disk normally in open po sition, and a manually controlled lever having a pushing member adapted to engage the said hook to swing the latter out of en gagement with the said arm to release the latter and allow the valve disk to move into closed position. a

3. A valve, comprising a valve body having an inlet, an outlet and a valve seat intermediate the inlet and outlet, a springpressed valve disk adapted to be seated on the said seat, means including an arm for holding the valve disk normally ofi its seat, a movable retaining hook'made in sections connected with each other by fusible solder to hold the sections together under ordinary temperature but disconnecting the sections at a high temperature, the-said hook being pivoted and being engaged by the said'armto hold the valve disk normally in open position, and a manually controlled lever having a pushing member adapted to engage the said hook to swing the latter out of engagement with the said arm, to re lease the latter and allow the valve* diskto move into closed position, the said pushing. member being adapted to engage the said arm after the latter is released by, the hook.

"4. A valve, comprising a valve body hav- "at a high temperature, the said hook being pivoted and being engaged by the said arm to hold the valve disk normally in open position, and a manually controlled lever having a pushing member adapted to engage the said hook to swing the latter out of engagement with the said arm to release the latter and allow the valve disk to move into closed position, the said lever having a log adapted. to engage the said arm to swing the lei ter into engagement with one lioolr ancl open the valve.

5. valve, oomprising a valve body liavan inlet and an outlet and avalve nter qediaee the said inlet end 0358?, e gpressed valve disk adapted to be seated on the said seat, 2. rock shaft having an operative connection with "the said valve disk to normally hold illle valve disk 05 its and against the tension of ics spring so or. ot iached to the said rock shall, a hook pivoted on the said valve body anal be engaged 13:; the saic arm lo hold the disk normally in open position, the Sfllk'l book being made in sections connected vviin each other by fusible solder to hold the sect-ions together under ordinary temperature and to clisconnect the seciions at a higher temperature, a lever mounted to swing loosely on the said rock shaft as its fulcrum, said lever having one end adopted to engage the hook and extendin over he said arm, and a; flexible ion connected with she other end of and leading to a distant valve, comprising a valve body na inlet and an outletand k i a valve seem inieiinerizeie ins said lnlei and ouilet, a

spring-pressed valve disk eelefpeecl to be seated on the saicl seat, a rock shaft having an operative connection with one said valve disk to n rmally hold ihe valve disk of? its seal against izlie tension of its spring, an arm attached 30 the said reel; shel a hook pivotecl on Elie sairl valve body and adapted to.

be engaged by the said arm to hold the valve disk manually in open position, the said hook being made in sections connected with each other by fusible solder to hold the sections together under ordinary temperature and to disconnect the sections at higher temperature, a lever mountecl to swing loosely on the said rock shaft as its fulcrum, the said lever having one eml adapted to engage the said hook extending over the said one said lever having a log adapt ed to engage the said arm to swing the latter ineo engagement with the said hook, ancl a flexible connection connected with the other end of the said lever enel leading to a dis mm poin in testimony whereof I signed my to this soecification in g Witnesses.

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